From $0 to $135M in Lending: Building a Lending Empire in Just Two Years

Brian Valdivia is the founder of Beltway Lending, a lending company focused on providing tailored financing solutions for real estate investors. Since founding Beltway Lending in 2022, Brian has scaled massively, with Beltway Lending originating $135 million in loans and his real estate portfolio growing to include 175 rental properties. Listen now to learn more about Brian’s rapid growth in real estate, his strategy for success, and what you can

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Scaling Successfully & Pivoting in Market Shifts

Ryan Deasy and Mike Doherty are the managing partners of Skytree Investments LLC, a private real estate investment firm based in Farmington, Connecticut. Ryan and Mike got into real estate investing for different reasons but came together ultimately for the same purpose – to grow and succeed through real estate investing. From their first investments to building Skytree Investments, they reveal the lessons learned, the importance of partnerships, and how

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ServiceLink Welcomes Hemanth Panyam As Senior Vice President of Product Innovation

ServiceLink is reinforcing its commitment to innovative technology enhancements and expanding its best-in-class products and services with the appointment of Hemanth Panyam as its senior vice president of product innovation. Panyam, a data-oriented, hands-on leader, has more than 20 years of product innovation, management and strategy experience. Over the course of his career, he launched multiple 0-1 products and scaled numerous SaaS technology products for some of the nation’s largest

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Roughly 4 in 5 U.S. Residents Believe There Should be Caps On Rent Hikes

The vast majority of respondents to a recent Redfin survey believe there should be caps on the amount landlords are allowed to increase rent, regardless of whether they’re Democrats or Republicans—however, Redfin economists say rent control worsens housing affordability in the long run More than four of every five U.S. residents (82%) believe there should be caps on the amount landlords are allowed to increase rent, according to a new survey commissioned

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HOME EQUITY GAINS LEVEL OFF AS U.S. HOUSING MARKET COOLS DOWN DURING THIRD QUARTER OF 2024

 ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property data, and real estate analytics, released its third quarter 2024 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, which shows that 48.3 percent of mortgaged residential properties in the United States were considered equity-rich in the third quarter, meaning that the combined estimated amount of loan balances secured by those properties was no more than half of their estimated market values. That level was down from a recent peak

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U.S. COMMERCIAL FORECLOSURES SPIKE IN SEPTEMBER 2024 WITH SIGNIFICANT YEAR-OVER-YEAR INCREASE

Commercial Foreclosures Increased 15 Percent from Last Month and 48 Percent from Last Year; States with the Most Commercial Foreclosures in September 2024 Included California, New York, and Florida ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property data, and real estate analytics, released an updated monthly report on U.S. Commercial Foreclosures. The report reveals that commercial foreclosures remain elevated and are still considerably higher than pre-pandemic figures. Starting in June 2023, foreclosure numbers saw a sharp increase, peaking at

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